Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1887-08-20
TAX REFORM PARTY.
Csrpet,Bag Delegates Admitted Reg.
Ular Delegates Excluded.

uiui VtIteuttS ENcluueU.
The elimination of the attempt to
turn the Labor Party of New York into
hN-reform party can hardly be fore
seen at present. Certain it is that Hem
ry George and his immediate followers
gained an ascendency in the convention
at Syracuse last Thursday. Mr.. George
said that to admit the Socialists would
allow hostile newspapers to charge the
Labor Party with being socialiStic. The
Socialists and Knights Of Labor at the
Convention, it seems, from reports at
this writing, will try to have the nine.
teenth plank of the X. of l.. platform
inserted in the State platform, which
reads;
TO establish cooperative institutions, such
as will tend to supercede the wage system, by
the introduction Of a cooperative industrial
system"
If this is done, the Socialists will have
scored victory against immense odds
A number of Henry Georges paid
iieutenants who failed to be elected by the
voters of the districts in New York City
where they resided, presented crcden-
tials from various small towns in the
back counties where they are alleged to
have started CLUBS" Two or three
men may form such "club." These
delegates" known as carpet baggers.
were invariably admitted, while il mum
Der of regularly elected delegates from
some OF the largest districts in New
York City. were refused the floor be-
cause, their seats were contested hy
some of Georges followers. The result
will undoubtedly be the side-tracking of
the Labor Party, and making of it a
mere middle class, reactionary and con-
glomerate bidder for otlice-success.
Henry George has undoubtedly deci-
ded to make paper opposition to Social
Ism leading card, and has directed that
various planks be presented in accord
ance with his scheme One of them
reads as follows:
We condemn European socialism. We be
lieve the solution Of the wage question IL to
Leave each man free to employ himself We be
lieve In the free spirit OF competition"
Probably not one delegate" out of
fifty knows anything about European
5'N'iuitoiHs anu tiiC HitCiliEtH'c itIiS-
sentcd in the adoption of such plank
may be imagined.
In order to further prejudice the pub
lie against the Socialists it was decided
to spread the report that DR.. McGlynn
challenged the Socialists to debate, and
that they declined. Any one who has
any acquaintance with Socialists and
their tactics will know this to be false.
To debate is just what they want, and it
was for this purpose that some of them
permitted themselves to be elected dele.
gates to the convention.
DIR. McGlynn seems to be entirely un-
der the influence of George, and George
is run by fellow named Croasdale, un-
til recently, and no doubt still, notori-
Gus "democratic' politician of the lower
order To show how Mr.. George has
swung round, under the influence of
Croasdale, we quote from speech Of
his before the Brooklyn Spread the
Light" club:
Mankind must rise to some system of co
operation, or go down to anarchy Our civil
Zstion must mount up to the Ideal of the Social
lists, or it must follow In the path of every pre-.
ceding civilization and sink into anarchy and
rufu